Welcome to Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park
Cumberland Lodge is an educational charity and a unique conference centre in heart of the Great Park, Windsor. Its Patron is The Queen, who has granted sole occupancy of a splendid seventeenth-century house for discussions aimed at the betterment of society.
As a venue, the Lodge plays host to universities and to many professional organisations including the National Health Service, the Inns of Court, learned societies, charities, government and non-government organisations and many higher education institutions. The Lodge also organises its own major conference programme that initiates fresh debate on issues of national and international significance.
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Set in the tranquil heart of Windsor Great Park, yet only 27 miles from London and a short distance from Heathrow, Cumberland Lodge is perfectly placed for local, national and international meetings. Food and domestic standards are top class and the atmosphere is that of a friendly country house.
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PurposeCumberland Lodge provides opportunities for the exchange of views and beliefs. It does this primarily through a programme of conferences, retreats, seminars and public conversations, some of which it hosts and some of which it arranges independently or in partnership with a like-minded organisation.
Academic Consultative CommitteeThe Cumberland Lodge Academic Consultative Committee meets three times a year to offer advice on the direction, content and speakers of the Lodge’s own conferences. The members, who have diverse strengths and interests, are:
The Building's HistoryCumberland Lodge, the largest house in Windsor Great Park, was built in 1652 on land which Oliver Cromwell had appropriated from the Crown. The land was sold to one Lieutenant John Byfield for the sum of £4,000.
